Ni una Sola Palabra

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"Ni Una Sola Palabra"
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Single by Paulina Rubio
from the album Ananda
ReleasedJuly 23, 2006
Recorded2006
StudioAnanda Studios
(Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length3:55
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Xabier San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh
Producer(s)Cachorro López
Paulina Rubio singles chronology
"Otra Vez"
(2005) 		"Ni Una Sola Palabra"
(2006) 		"Nada Puede Cambiarme"
(2007)
Music video
"Ni Una Sola Palabra" on YouTube

"Ni Una Sola Palabra" is a song recorded by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio for her eighth studio album Ananda (2006). It was released as the lead single from the album on July 23, 2006, by Universal Music. The song was written by Xabier San Martín from Spanish pop band La Oreja de Van Gogh and produced by Cachorro López. It is a pop rock song with synth-pop elements.

Before its official release, the track leaked onto the internet, which prompted Rubio's team to release the song officially. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" had different release formats with a number of remixes and versions. Music critics praised the track's production, catchiness and fresh, and compared it with Rubio's first releases. It became a commercial success, peaking at number-one on the record charts of major markets, including Billboard's charts Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Songs. In the latter, "Ni Una Sola Palabra" became Rubio's third and final single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was also included in many critic lists for Rubio's top singles and is often ranked as one of the best Latin songs of the 2000s.

Its accompanying music video, directed by Paul Boyd, portrayed Rubio as a superhero who save her alter ego. In order to promote its parent album, Rubio performed "Ni Una Sola Palabra" at The Jay Leno Show and at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards the following year, where it was won in the category of Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year Female. Additionally, the song has been a regular staple in the set list of five of Madonna's concert tours, the first being the Amor, Luz y Sonido Tour (2007–2008).

Release[]

In July 2006, an incomplete snippet demo of the song leaked onto the internet. It was circulated through fan websites and illegal music download sites. Rubio's team released the song days before to the planned official released. Universal Music Records initially targeted the single to be released to radio in August 2006, but it was advance to July 23, 2006, to radio in Europe and July 24 in America, with the commercial release for the CD single and digital download taking place on August 15, becoming Rubio's first digital single after fans petitioned for a legal way to obtain it prior to the album hitting stores.

Upon release, Rubio commented about the song,

"'Ni Una Sola Palabra' is a song that captivated me from the first time I heard it, the lyrics, the rhythm... I can relate to it completely. In the process of its recording and production, it shone right from the beginning... I am very happy to be able to hand out something that I am very proud of. I love it!".[1]

Chart performance[]

Ni Una Sola Palabra debuted at #4 on the Hot Latin Tracks becoming Rubio's highest debut ever on the chart. The song went on to become a huge success peaking at #1 on both the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Pop Airplay charts for several weeks. It has also managed to chart at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her third song to chart there. As of December 11, 2009, "Ni Una Sola Palabra" ranked as the 59th song of the last ten years in the Top Latin Songs Chart from Latin Billboard. According to the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores in Spain, the song became one of the ten songs with the highest rotation on the radio and with the most acceptance in discos, bars and disco-pubs in 2007.[2] It also became one of the ten best-selling songs on ¡Tunes from that same country.[3]

Music video[]

The music video for "Ni Una Sola Palabra" was filmed on July 28, 2006, at a building that houses The City of Hope in downtown Los Angeles, California, with additional scenes later being filmed on July 29, 2006, in the same location, for a total of 15 hours. It was directed by Paul Boyd, who work with Rubio for the first time, and produced by Todd Young. A week after filming, the entrepreneur and music executive Steven Gottlieb wrote from the website VideoStatic "Since it's all about action and not words, this video will feature the Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio fighting crime on various rooftops in downtown Los Angeles".[4] The video features Rubio's alter ego Pauwer Woman as superhero, whose habitat includes the skyscrapers. During the video feature her Pomeranian dog, Miranda (since 2001's "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer"). The music video was released on Latin music video stations on August 31, 2006.

Synopsis[]

The video begins with Paupower Woman watching from a skyscraper and guarding the city from the criminals and villains. She wears a gold-clad outfit that includes a golden cape, bracelets, gadgets and golden platform shoes sophisticated technology. The superheroine stops to look at an ordinary Rubio walking on a deserted street in the night light while sucking on a lollipop, wearing fringed camisole and a jeans. Paupower Woman observes that the young girl is being chased by four men aboard a car, and she come down from the skyscraper to help her. When the ordinary Rubio takes shelter in a parking lot, the criminals surround her and try to kidnap her. Then, Paupower Woman begins to fight against them with her out-of-body powers. The video concludes with Rubio making the "silence sign" on the initial skyscraper, and feeding her pet.

Paul Boyd alternate video[]

Paul Boyd leaked an alternative version of the video online on he official website, and included new scenes, which featured Rubio strutting in similar scenes to official video but light of day. The final scene show the superheroine Paupower Woman and the ordinary girl Rubio (alter ego) kissing.[5]

Live performances[]

Rubio first performed "Ni Una Sola Palabra" at the Malaga Summer 2006, a concert special that aired in MTV Spain on August 12, 2006.[6] A performance of the song at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno premiered on September when begin promotional Ananda in America; she sing live with a golden microphone and was surrounded with her musicians and two choristers. Also performed it on the music television show CD USA. On December 12, Rubio performed the song and the English version of "Miénteme Una Vez Más" ("Beautiful Lie") at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway to honor laureates Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank. She played with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and become in the first Mexican artist to performed in a Nobel Prize concert.[7]

During the Cadena Dial Awards, held on February 27, 2007, in Spain, Rubio performed the song and received an award as one of the "ambassadors of music in Spanish"; she dressed in a tight silver glitter dress signed by Roberto Cavalli.[8] On April 26 Rubio opened the fourteenth edition of the Latin Billboard Music Awards in Coral Gables, Florida by performing the song with the violin arrangements of "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles. She also performed the song "Nena" with Miguel Bosé and received two awards for Best Female Latin Pop Album and Best Female Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year.[9]

Other versions[]

On March 20, 2007, Rubio released a new remix titled "Ni Una Sola Palabra (Belanova Remix)" from the Ananda's deluxe edition, based an electronic arrangement. The term "Belanova" in the title refers to the Mexican pop band. The remix was positively reviewed by music critics, who described it as "electronic sheen" and dance-leaning than the original version.[10]

Legacy[]

"Ni Una Sola Palabra" is considered to be one of the best songs of Rubio's career. Chilean poet and journalist Jorge Montealegre from the book 'Wurlitzer: Cantantes en la Memoria Chilena' opined that it is "the best song of the Mexican popstar." In their publication, he cited the poet Héctor Hernández Montecinos, who used the phrase from the song: "Ni una sola palabra, ni gestos, ni miradas" in his poetic work 'La Divina Revelación', praising the poetic lyrical composition of the title.[11]

In 2021, Mexican edition Elle Magazine noted that the song was "the unexpected anthem of the snowfall in Madrid" after popularity and the viral video where people sang the song while enjoying the unexpected snowfall at Puerta del Sol. The impact was more evident in Latin America, where Rubio was a trending topic and the social media and media marked her as a cultural legacy.[12] According to the musical section of the Spanish tabloid Diario AS, "Ni Una Sola Palabra" is considered one of Rubio's songs from the 2000s that marked a resounding success in Spain.[13]

Cover versions[]

The song was covered on the 2007 Catalonia TV show El Club by Televisió de Catalunya, in a Spanish singer Roger Mas Catalan-inspired performance acoustic renamed "Ni Una Sola Paraula".[14] It was included in his EP Cançons Estranyes (2010).[15] Finland dance-pop group Unelmavävyt recorded a Finnish-language cover of "Ni Una Sola Palabra", renamed "Kanssas kävelen rantaa" for their album, Lauluja Tytöistä Ja Pojista (2011).[16] Spanish musician Yorch covered the song with "more electric and darker overtones than the festive pop of the original" on a promotional single.[17]

Track listings and formats[]

  • US / Europe CD single[18]
  1. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" – 3:55
  1. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Album Version) – 3:55
  2. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Pasito Duranguense version) – 3:46
  3. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Norteña version) – 3:25
  4. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Don Candiani Reggaton Remix) Feat. Trebol Clan – 3:16
  5. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Nico Prosen B.A. mix) – 4:55
  6. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (DJ Hessler In Da House Extended Version) – 7:49
  7. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (DJ Hessler In Da House Radio Mix) – 3:42

Charts[]

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[35] 3,946[33][35]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 3× Platinum 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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